My Bio...including theatre 

and music...et al.


 

STAGE EXPERIENCE

2007 – SHE SPEAKS

Staged Readings

Countess in THE SUN IS A NEON SIGN by Grace Kary

Zoe in Colour Me Fuchsia by Lea Daniel

1999 - 2003:  WRITER’S BLOC
I belong to Theatre & Company’s playwright’s group.

PAMPHILIA
Played Pamphilia
The King Street Theatre - June 2003

LEAVE TAKING
Played Gran
The King Street Theatre - June 2003

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
In the cast, performed, 'THE VAGINA WORKSHOP"
Waterloo Stage Theatre, March 2002

2000:  THE MONTEGUES AND THE CAPULETS.
With two other women (The Plum Tarts) did costumes, set and props for Evelyn Hart’s extravaganza.

1999:  PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
K.W. Little Theatre's production. costumer.

1995-present:   WARDROBE
Occasional work for the city of Kitchener in wardrobe, for visiting shows.

1986:  HIGH 80’S
Performed, choreographed and did some music direction ( UPSTAGE PRODUCTIONS)

1985 - 1990:  FASS.
University of Waterloo annual musical spoof, acted, singer\dancer/actor
‘86:  musical director
‘88:  choreographer
other years, some choreography, some musical instruction

1980 -1988:  STEPPIN' OUT
Annual variety show with JB Dance Academy, singer/dancer/actor

1978:  UNITY (Funk band)
singer

1978 RICK CORRY AND MEMPHIS WITH SATIN AND LACE (show band)
singer

1976 - 1978:  MODELING
Modeled and danced in several fashion shows

1976   FUNNY GIRL
'Mim' + singer/dancer

1974:   JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by K.W. Little Theater (chorus)

1973 -1978:    PROJECT PEOPLE
Youth performance group, singing/dancing/guitar/performed original music.

1973:  IT'S TODAY
Variety show, excerpts from musicals.  (chorus, singing & dancing)

1964 - 1971:  K.W. LITTLE THEATRE
Performed in children's theatre

FILM AND TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

2000:  WITCH BLADE
(background)

1999:  POWER PLAY
(background)

1998:  THE HUNT FOR THE UNICORN KILLER
(background)

1998:  FREE FALL
(background)

1998:  STEAL THIS MOVIE
(regular background)

1997:  IN HIS FATHER'S SHOES
(background)

1977:  K.W. MISS OCTOBERFEST PAGEANT
(Project People)

  COMMERCIAL EXPERIENCE

1978:  NIAGARA SQUARE
sang the radio jingle

1990:  DON VOLL'S CUSTOM CARPETS
my feet were chatting about the wonders of 'stain master'

PUBLISHING

FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOE

To be included in Volume II of Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays

Collected by Gerald Ratliff, due out Summer 2007.

1983 - present FREELANCE
Have written articles and columns for several different magazines.

2002
THE DARK AGES
THERAPY JUNKIE
FULL CIRCLE
IF I COULD HAVE THESE MOMENTS BACK
All poems appearing in E-zine Burning Word

SHORT LIVED
published online by Rutger Hauer for his site

A GESTURE OF SURRENDER
published online by Rutger Hauer for his site

2001
SHORT LIVED
A story at  THE ROYAL SCRIBE

A GESTURE OF SURRENDER
Short story in  NO BOUNDRIES  until October.

A GESTURE OF SURRENDER
Story in TWISTED TALES October

    A GESTURE OF SURRENDER
Story at RUTGER HAUER'S WEBSITE 

1992 ALEXANDRA MEETS THE OCTOPUS
Children’s book published by Educational Media Group

A GESTURE OF SURRENDER

January 1991 - Issue 1

NARC – New Artist Review Co-op

 

MOONDANCE

May 1991 - Issue 2

NARC – New Artist Review Co-op

1989:  THE TWILIGHT OF ENCHANTMENT
Children’s book published by Educational Media Group

1981-1982:  HOTT WAXX
Writer for a music/rock magazine

 

 

PLAYS PRODUCED

 

ˇ         QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT – Part of NOW and FORNEVER – PRODUCED BY 8-0-8 PRODUCTIONS at November 23 - December 2, 2006 at Birds and Stone, Calgary, AB.  Directed by Kim Watkinson, Performed by Tim Nguyen and Anastasia St. Amand.

 

ˇ         ABOUT SURREAL LIFE – Asphalt Jungle Shorts – various locations downtown Kitchener.  Sept 14 -21 2006.

 

ˇ         HOWARD & THE SNAKE - Asphalt Jungle Shorts – various locations downtown Kitchener.  Sept 14 -21 2006.

 

ˇ         EXTERNAL MUSINGS - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419.  Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

 

ˇ         HOWARD & THE SNAKE - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419.  Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

 

ˇ         IN TENSE CITY - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419.  Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

 

ˇ         EXTERNAL MUSINGS– Gone in 60 Secs.  June 16 - 18 at 8:00 pm, in the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.   Julia – Emily Zempel, Michael – Chris Ford

ˇ         CYNTHIA’S STORY ( Monologue)  - JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS at Tazza Caffe, Providence, RI, USA. September 9 -11.  Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall.  Summer Ryan Doyle played the role of Cynthia.

 

ˇ         IN TENSE CITY - JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS At Tazza Caffe, Providence, RI, USA. September 9 -11. Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall.  With Scott Levine and Sarah Robinson. 

 

ˇ         FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOE – Gone in 60 Secs. Thursday, June 30 at 8:00 pm, in the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.  Hamlet’s Father’s Ghost – Christopher Gilkey, Ophelia – Jenn Perez.

 

ˇ         SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES – American Premier at The Playwright Theatre, Denver, CO., May 12th – June 18th, 2005.  Directed by Cynthia Davies, with the wonderful talents of Laura Norman Kate Avallone, Nina Grayson, MaryLee Herrmann and Tara Casanova.

 

ˇ         ONE TENDER LIE was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, April 30th, 2005 at Tazza Café, Providence RI., and May 1st, 2005, at The Actor’s Workshop, Boston MA.

 

ˇ         IN TENSE CITY was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, April 30th, 2005 at Tazza Café, Providence RI., and May 1st, 2005, at The Actor’s Workshop, Boston MA.

 

ˇ         COMIC STRIP was part of “No Sweetheart Required”, An evening of short plays about love…or the lack thereof.  February 2005 at The Village Players Theatre – Toronto, On. Canada.

 

ˇ         IN TENSE CITY was part of “PICKING UP THE PIECES”, a series of thought provoking monologues and short plays dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.  January 2005, Grand Forks ND, USA.

 

ˇ         ONE TENDER LIE was produced at the Two Page Play Festival in Sacramento in July – Aug 2004 at the Geery Theatre.

 

ˇ         SANGUINE SONATA was part of The Record New Works Festival at the King Street Theatre.  It was directed by Gary Kirkham and produced by Brian Van Norman.

 

ˇ         SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES was produced in November of 2002 at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, Ont., directed by George Joyce.

 

ˇ         WHITE NOISE, directed by the Theatre & Company's  Artistic Director, Stuart Scadron-Wattles, and produced by Nicole Lee,  was involved with May Play Fest 2000 at the Water Street Theatre.

 

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2002 – Shaking the Dew from the Lilies - recognized by Echo magazine as one of the regions top five plays of 2002

 

2001 - nominated in the category of literature for the Waterloo Region Arts Awards.

AFFILIATIONS

Associate member of THE PLAYWRIGHTS UNION OF CANADA

I am the President of ICWP - INTERNATIONAL CENTRE for WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS

I belonged to 'WRITER'S BLOC'  a playwright's group associated with THEATRE & COMPANY

 

Belonged to THE ALUMNAE THEATRE’S WRITER’S GROUP

 

STAGE PLAYS.COM – EVERYTHING THEATRE

TRAINING  

2002 – 2004 HAFT VADI STUDIO

Egyptian Belly Dance

1980 -1988:  JB DANCE ACADEMY
Jazz, Tap, Ballet

1975 -1979: ANNE SUETTA'S SCHOOL OF DANCE.
Jazz, Tap, Ballet.

1978:  OPUS DANCE
Modern ballet troup in Halifax.

1977-1978: WURST PLAYERS AROUND
Theatre ensemble

 

1964 - 1971:   Member of K.W. LITTLE THEATER CHILDREN'S THEATER
   Included weekly classes of acting, mime, interpretive movement etc.
Included performances in annual plays written by a local author, mostly musical.

SPECIAL SKILLS

                • guitar
                • some piano
                • minimal flute
                • some clarinet
                • some dance
                • singing
                • fencing
                • Medieval dance
                • Egyptian Belly dance

§         I am a children's author

§         A playwright, television, radio, et al

§         Do stained glass

§         Study Herbology

§         Belong to a Medieval historical society

§         Belong to a Romantic Dead Poets Society

§         I’ve done hair and make up for stage, video productions, commercials, video cover shots

§         Work in wardrobe and hair for The Centre in the Square

§         Am involved in many aspects of live theatre

 

 

CUT OUT WORLD HUNGER
1986 -1990

Cut Out World Hunger is by far my best work. In 1986 I created and coordinated an annual event where the mandate was to raise money for Developing Countries, specifically in Africa.  To date, with the help of C.I.D.A, the event has generated over $75,000.00 dollars that have gone to aid countries like Mozambique and Namibia...and also, to fund local agencies.  I am no longer able to continue this particular event, as other groups in the area have copied it, to the point of saturation.  This only makes me feel better about the event; I can't even imagine how much money was raised for other organizations, such as, The Children's Wish Foundation and The Women's Shelter, because of the initial one.

 

On Saturday November 27th, 2004, I shaved approximately 24 heads of hair, mostly women, who in an act of solidarity for their friend, Jane Almond, raised money by getting pledges, and holding a silent auction.  By the seat of their pants, amazingly, over $5,000.00 was raised that day.

a)  80% of donation funds:  

 

         Mulago Hospital Cancer Ward, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa

         - direct purchase (in Canada) of cancer-related reference literature for community resource centre

         - literature will be offered directly to appropriate personnel at Mulago Hospital Cancer Ward, Kampala 

 

    b) 20% of donation funds:

 

        HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre, Waterloo, Ontario 

- a cheque will be presented to appropriate personnel at HopeSpring

 

 

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